family values?

i'm sorry i never mentioned this before.

it defies common sense to deploy mothers of young children to combat zones.

i recall thinking that the first time i heard of a young american mother killed in iraq. and the next time. unfortunately i hadn't begun to blog yet.

i'm not against women having military careers, but when they have little kids at home it's crazy to put them in harm's way. are we really so short on personnel or so panicked by terrorism that we've overlooked that simple principle? even if you're totally gung ho for this suicidal war, your basic notions of 'why we fight' ought to tell you not to imperil young mothers.

i regret i forgot about it till the president of iran beat me to the punch.